The first Test match to be held in the North East could be disrupted by scores of protesters after they "declared war" on cricket chiefs.

The campaigners are threatening "chaos and mayhem" during England's clash with Zimbabwe after being banned from demonstrating inside Lords on the First Test. England come to the North East for the Second Test when they play at Durham County's Riverside ground, on June 5.

Human rights activist Peter Tatchell, leader of the Stop the Tour campaign, said: "Having been spurned we are under no obligation to show restraint.